Li He took Master Yuding to find a big stone, set the table and chopping board with a wave of his whisk, then brought out various fine wines and delicacies with a wave of his sleeve, and sat down to talk freely.

"Senior Brother Yuding, I wonder if you are interested in opening the mountain gate?" Li He poured a glass of wine and asked.

He didn't go around in circles. It's useless to go around in circles with a man of great wisdom like Master Yuding.

It's better to say it directly.

"Well, of course I have some interest. I want to establish a sect and be honored as the ancestor. Who among us cultivators wouldn't want to?" Master Yuding took a sip of his wine and shook his head and said, "But that's too troublesome. As far as Heaven is concerned,

I have to be unblocked, I have to be filial to my ancestor, I have to deal with a bunch of monsters, and finally I have to be a nanny for a bunch of little ghosts, and I don’t know how many years it will take to end, it’s so troublesome!”

He did not hide his desire to establish a sect, but he also had no intention of taking action.

Because opening a mountain gate is not a decision that can be made on the spur of the moment. Not only does it need to be registered in heaven, but it also has to offer sacrifices to the founder of the Sanqing Dynasty to obtain the qualifications to open a mountain gate, and fight with various "demons" around it to announce it to the world.

own existence.

The "quotation marks" in this mean that the opponents are not only monsters, but also various cultivators.

Don’t think that the spiritual world is peaceful.

The incense is limited, and the territory is only so big. If you take a share, others will lose a share. If you open a mountain gate, your chances of rising up and attaining enlightenment will be greatly increased, but the chances of others attaining enlightenment will be greatly reduced. The two are almost incompatible.

Coexistence and hatred are even greater than killing one's father and seizing his wife.

You must know that it is about enlightenment and whether a lifetime of practice will turn into a handful of loess or achieve eternity.

No one will back down, so once there is a dispute, it is life and death.

During the Journey to the West in the original novel, do you really think that so many monsters have lost their minds and believe that eating Tang Monk’s meat can lead to immortality? In fact, they wanted to kill Tang Monk and sabotage Journey to the West, but they just failed!

The great rise of Buddhism after the Journey to the West was also related to the demise of those monsters.

"If you are really afraid of trouble, why should you practice Tao? Wouldn't it be better to enter reincarnation early and wash away everything in the world? Taoists do nothing and fight without fighting. We must abandon the desire to win and avoid eagerness for quick success, but we cannot help but do it.

If you want to make progress, you have to do yourself well!" Li He said.

His words seem to be a bit contradictory, inaction and action, inaction and contention, which is almost nonsense.

But in fact, this is what Taoism thinks, and it is also the wisdom of practice and even life: Do nothing and do not fight, which means not deliberately, not fighting for temporary victory or defeat, taking a long-term view, and keeping a calm mind.

In this case, if you do your own thing well and make yourself perfect, you can get everything without deliberately fighting for it.

If you are good enough, you cannot be buried. If you are not good enough, no matter how public you are, you are just a clown. Many people may not agree, but this is the fact. What shines is not necessarily gold, but it must be pearls and lights.

Even the sun.

It's not mud anyway.

Similarly, in the world of spiritual practice, if your cultivation is the best in the world, you will have everything without fighting. If your cultivation is too poor, no matter how much you fight, it will turn into a handful of loess, and you will not be able to cross the most basic life span.

But don't engage in useless arguments, but do your best.

This is what Li He and Yu Ding said at this time: You don't have to strive for luck or be in the limelight, but it is the responsibility of the practitioners to open a mountain gate to recruit disciples and enjoy the incense to ensure peace.

This can be done.

"I think about this too. I have always dreamed of being famous in the three realms, but until now, not many people in the three realms know about me. I was not even invited to the Heavenly Peach Festival." Master Yuding said helplessly: "I don't think so.

I’m not surprised about that thing, but the feeling of being ignored is not very pleasant after all, junior brother, do you understand?"

Li He smiled and nodded when he heard this.

There is no doubt that Yuding is an expert with profound cultivation and great wisdom. However, at the same time, he is indeed ignored by many people. Although his Taoist and magical powers are among the best among the "Twelve Immortals of Yuxu", he still does not have much existence.

Unfortunately, few people in heaven knew him, and even the Jade Emperor didn't know who he was.

Anyway, I just think that Yang Jian is awesome because he has the blood of the Emperor of Heaven family, and has little to do with his master Yuding Zhenren.

Jade Cauldron is really awesome. Not only did he teach Yang Jian, he also taught Sun Wukong casually. They also made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace and were named the Monkey King. The vixen couple were barely registered disciples.

If there is no great talent in a generation, almost no one can take care of it.

However, Jade Cauldron currently only has one disciple, Erlang Shen, and it is impossible to say that his mentality is not chaotic.

Even saints need to have face, so how could he, Yuding, not have face?

Being famous has almost become an obsession for Yuding, and he even had the idea of ​​writing a book for this reason. In the original book, he even called himself "Yuzi" and lowered his status to learn from Confucius and others.

Although the effect is not ideal.

But no matter what, Yuding at this time is definitely not calm. He has utilitarianism. Although utilitarianism is of no use to him, he doesn't care, but he can't live without it.

Li He was also well aware of this, so he proposed to let Master Yuding establish a sect.

As for myself, there can be three Patriarchs of the Three Qing Dynasties. Fangcun Mountain is very big and can accommodate two Patriarchs.

"You understand, I have been working hard, but the results have never been very good, so after a long time, I gave up." Master Yuding said: "The three realms are not as simple as you think. Although there is a future for self-reliance,

But the probability of dying on the way is too high. I have practiced hard for so many years to be as carefree as I am today, how can I fall into it so easily again?"

"But your freedom comes at a price. You will not go to the West to be a monk, and there is no place for you in heaven. It was fine when the Taoist sect was prosperous, but now that the Taoist sect is declining day by day, are you sure this is really the freedom you want?

"Li He shook his head and said.

In the current Three Realms, although Buddhism and Taoism are still prosperous, and the Heavenly Court maintains the balance between the two families, in fact, the Taoist sect has become somewhat powerful on the outside: the disciples of Shangqing Tianzun have either gone to the west or to the Heavenly Court, and Tianzun himself has disappeared.

It has almost ceased to exist in name only.

Because Taiqing Tianzun has only a few disciples, his presence is very low. His disciple "Master Xuandu" is almost unknown, and his disciple Sun Tianpeng is even more...not mentioned.

Many people, including the Jade Emperor, only regarded him as an elder, not a revered one, and did not take him seriously.

Otherwise, there would be no "Zhu Bajie" in the original work.

The only high-ranking Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun is still the incarnation of the will of the world, roughly equivalent to the way of heaven. He no longer interferes with anything in the Taoist sect. Even his direct disciples may not be able to see him if they want to.

It can almost be said to be useless.

Therefore, in the original work, Zhenyuan Immortal, who was a friend of the founder of the Three Qing dynasties, as well as Nezha, Tianpeng and others, moved closer to Western Buddhism.

"The general trend is like this, what can be done?" Master Yuding said.

"How can you be sure that the general trend lies with Buddhism and not with you and me?"

"There is a certain destiny somewhere."

"That is the destiny of others, or it can be the destiny in our hands. It is in our own control." Li He smiled and said, "In terms of cultivation, I am not as advanced as you, Senior Brother Yuding, but I am on the outside, and I can see

More thorough than you."

The great rise of Buddhism in Journey to the West, especially after the addition of the Baolian Lantern and the subsequent biography, is almost a history of the rise of Buddhism.

It is also the end of Taoism and Heaven.

However, looking at the three eras, the ones with the strongest luck are not the Buddhist sect, nor the Taoist sect, nor the Heavenly Court, but Yang Jian, Sun Wukong, Chenxiang, and Wutian, and three of these four people came from the Yuding sect.

When he was making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, Sun Wukong didn't even dare to speak to others, but by the end of the sequel, he had become the ancestor of ten thousand Buddhas.

The Buddhist Taoist Master is Tathagata, but he is half as powerful as Sun Wukong!

As the deity of the relics that are the source of Buddhism, whoever Sun Wukong asks to be the Lord of Buddha is the Lord of Buddha. From beginning to end, Wutian did not lose to Tathagata, but lost to Sun Wukong. 39

In this case, as Sun Wukong's disciple, "Fangcun Mountain" is definitely blessed with great luck.

Just because there was no sect established, everything became Buddhism.

But if the Jade Cauldron opens on the mountain, it’s hard to say whether the future ruler of the three realms of heaven, earth, and man will be Buddhism!

"I have the energy, but you are the variable. If you and I join forces, we may really have a chance." Master Yuding still shook his head and said: "However, because of an unavoidable fact, senior brother, I suggest you give up.

"

"What fact?"

"Senior brother, I can't defeat Tathagata in a fight, really." Master Yuding said with an embarrassed look on his face.

Obviously, he was persuaded by Li He.

However, he resisted Li He's idea of ​​raising him up because he was afraid of falling if he climbed too high.

"I know that Tathagata's golden body is invulnerable to all means. Not counting Yuanshi Tianzun in the Three Realms, I'm afraid no one can defeat him at present." Li He smiled and said: "But he also has his own destiny.

And destiny, as long as he can grasp it, even if he is the number one master in the three realms, it won’t be a big worry!”

Tathagata is indeed a big trouble, because Li He can't find any way to deal with him head-on.

Unless you pull away the six realms and use the power of the world.

But can the Tathagata who has taken root in this world be easily pulled away? I’m afraid he’s thinking too much.

However, if you don't confront the enemy head-on, but choose to outsmart him, you may not have no chance - the waters in the Three Realms are too deep, and the forces are complicated. Even Tathagata needs to rely on his brains to do things. Could he and Yuding be like Wutian, using brute force?

Do you want to commit suicide?

"No matter what you say, 'Yuding' won't cause trouble with you anyway." Master Yuding shook his head and said.

But after hearing this, Li He smiled instead and said, "As long as Patriarch Bodhi can do it, that's fine!"

"Subhuti, Subhuti." Master Yuding said.

Then the two of them continued to drink, and not long after, they met Sun Wukong who came to become his disciple, and he and Master Yuding performed a scene that was slightly different from the original work, but basically the same:

"Where are you from?"
To be continued...